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nassa or naxa , ae, f. no,
I.a wickerbasket with a narrow neck, for catching fish, a weel.
I. Lit.: nassa est piscatorii vasi genus, quo, cum intravit piscis, exire non potest, Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll.; Sil. 5, 47; Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 132: “junci usus ad nassas marinas,” id. 21, 18, 59, § 114: “scarus inclusus nassis,” id. 32, 2, 5, § 11: instrumento piscatoris legato, et retia et nassae ... debentur. Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 66.—
II. Trop., of a dangerous place, a snare, net: “numquam ex istā nassā escam petam,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 98: “ex hac naxā exire constitui, non ad fugam, sed ad spem mortis melioris,” Cic. Att. 15, 20, 2: “inclusus carcere nassae (aeger),” Juv. 12, 123.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (3):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 15.20.2
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.6
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 32.11
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